Projects
Over the years, FAO has implemented more than 80 fire management field projects in over 50 countries together with the support of partners and bilateral donors. In these projects, the need for integrated and participatory approaches to fire management is stressed, including the involvement of local people in the planning and execution of programmes; in the prevention, detection and control of wildfires; and in the sound management of the use of fire as a tool in management of agricultural, grazing and forest lands. Each project has also a strong country capacity development and legal review component.
Recent projects
| Title | Global Fire Management Hub |
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| Introduction | The Fire Hub brings together key partners to assist countries in building capacities to implement integrated fire management to reduce the negative impacts of wildfires on livelihoods, landscapes and global climate stability. |
| Start date | 01/01/2024 |
| Title | Assuring the Future of Forests with Integrated Risk Management (AFFIRM) |
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| Introduction | The global AFFIRM Mechanism, funded by the Republic of Korea and implemented by FAO, aims to safeguard global forests from various threats, particularly wildfires. AFFIRM is being developed as an internationally applicable mechanism for integrated risk management (IRM) that can prevent the devastating impacts of large-scale forest disturbances. |
| Start date | 01/01/2023 |
| End date | 01/01/2027 |
| Donor | Republic of Korea |
| Title | Republic of Sudan Fire Management Strategy Framework and Outline 2021 |
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| Introduction | The development of the Sudan fire management strategy framework and outline aimed to offer guidance and information about the positive and negative social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts of natural and non-natural wildfires, as well as to support decisionmakers in achieving sustainable fire management. |
| Start date | 10/02/2020 |
| End date | 01/01/2021 |
| Title | Integrated forest fire management in Morocco: National strategy and action plan 2020–2030 |
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| Start date | 10/06/2016 |
| End date | 10/02/2021 |
| Title | Technical assistance for forest fire management in Algeria |
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| Start date | 01/01/2019 |
| End date | 01/01/2020 |
| Donor | Japan |
| Title | Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing Climate FAO-Finland Forestry Programme in Tanzania |
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| Introduction | Building resilient landscapes through improved fire management and response system in Tanzania. |
| Start date | 01/01/2010 |
| End date | 01/01/2013 |
| Donor | Finland |
| Title | Integrated and community-based forest fire management in Syria |
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| Introduction | Sustainable management of forest resources for the benefit of the population’s livelihoods, through the enhancement of wildfire management capacity of the Forestry Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in Syria. |
| Start date | 01/01/2009 |
| End date | 01/01/2012 |
| Donor | Italy |